Open OnDemand

Open OnDemand (OOD) is a web portal to the Oscar computing cluster. An Oscar account is required to access Open OnDemand. Visit this link in a web browser and sign in with your Brown username and password to access this portal.

Open on Demand

Intro to Open OnDemand Slides

OOD provides with a several resources for interacting with Oscar.

• Use the File Explorer in the portal to view, copy, download or delete files on Oscar.

• Launch interactive apps/softwares, like Matlab and Jupyter Notebook, inside your web browser.

• Access the Oscar shell with your browser without needing a separate terminal emulator. This is especially handy for Windows users, since you do not need to install a separate program.

Features:

1. No installation needed. Just use your favorite browser!

2. No need to enter your password again. SSH into Oscar in seconds!

3. No need to use two-factor authentication multiple times. Just do it once, when you log into OOD.

4. Use it with, or without, VPN. Your workflow remains the same.

Common Issues

My Session is in Undetermined State

Find the session ID <undetermined_session_id> for the undetermined session. For example:

Session ID: f37466d7-c690-467b-85ce-8d250b3847d9"

Then Run

rm ~/ondemand/data/sys/dashboard/batch_connect/db/<undetermined_seesion_id>